One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
Discussion
I had an example of one of my absolute favourites this morning. I was riding my bike to work, at about 5 o’ clock this morning, and I wasn’t really going to be ‘pressing on’ as much as I might do, if it wasn’t dark, and cold, and the road was damp, but I wasn’t exactly plodding either. I could see and hear a car approaching from behind, and he gave me plenty of room as he overtook. I usually back off a bit when a car is coming past, as this gets the overtake done more quickly, it’s better for me, it’s better for the motorist. Anyway, some absolute w
kpuffin on a bike, who had been wheel sucking me ( which is bad enough in its own right ) decided that was a great time to pass me, ( as the car was overtaking ) he got himself between me and the overtaking car, struggled past, instantly ‘blew up’ ( not literally, unfortunately) then basically got in my way, as I re passed him. So, ‘knobbish’ thing number one, wheel sucking, and not making it clear he was there, knobbish thing 2, trying ( and failing) to be a hero, just as a bloody car was trying to overtake, Knobbish thing 3, being a muppet, when he blew up, and weaving around trying to force me wide. It didn’t work, it was never going to work, he became a distant memory fairly quickly. I don’t care if people want to pass me and crack on, as long as they do it in a manner which doesn’t put me in mortal danger, and that they then actually crack on 
. And breathe.
kpuffin on a bike, who had been wheel sucking me ( which is bad enough in its own right ) decided that was a great time to pass me, ( as the car was overtaking ) he got himself between me and the overtaking car, struggled past, instantly ‘blew up’ ( not literally, unfortunately) then basically got in my way, as I re passed him. So, ‘knobbish’ thing number one, wheel sucking, and not making it clear he was there, knobbish thing 2, trying ( and failing) to be a hero, just as a bloody car was trying to overtake, Knobbish thing 3, being a muppet, when he blew up, and weaving around trying to force me wide. It didn’t work, it was never going to work, he became a distant memory fairly quickly. I don’t care if people want to pass me and crack on, as long as they do it in a manner which doesn’t put me in mortal danger, and that they then actually crack on . And breathe.The one that's really getting on my t1t5 recently...
Double parked residential roads, but plenty of room for two cars. Oncoming traffic that insists on leaving a massive gap between them and parked cars, thereby making it a stop-and-let-pass affair.
It seems like they need 3x the clearance for stationary obstacles than they do for a moving one. They're typically the people that also Will. Not. Yield.
London is rife with it. Gets right up my nose.
Double parked residential roads, but plenty of room for two cars. Oncoming traffic that insists on leaving a massive gap between them and parked cars, thereby making it a stop-and-let-pass affair.
It seems like they need 3x the clearance for stationary obstacles than they do for a moving one. They're typically the people that also Will. Not. Yield.
London is rife with it. Gets right up my nose.
Friend wants to buy a property. Asking price was reasonable, so he told them he was happy to offer the asking price.
Gets a call the next day from the seller's solicitor to say "they'd be happier if he could offer a little more".
He kept his calm and politely said no. I might well have told them the offer now was £5-10k less.
Gets a call the next day from the seller's solicitor to say "they'd be happier if he could offer a little more".
He kept his calm and politely said no. I might well have told them the offer now was £5-10k less.
markyb_lcy said:
The one that's really getting on my t1t5 recently...
Double parked residential roads, but plenty of room for two cars. Oncoming traffic that insists on leaving a massive gap between them and parked cars, thereby making it a stop-and-let-pass affair.
It seems like they need 3x the clearance for stationary obstacles than they do for a moving one. They're typically the people that also Will. Not. Yield.
London is rife with it. Gets right up my nose.
Yes it constantly feels like a game of Chicken. And I tend to be the chicken in my little Polo when faced with a snarling woman wearing sunglasses barrelling down the middle of the road in an oversized black SUV. The b itches are on a mission and they Never yield.Double parked residential roads, but plenty of room for two cars. Oncoming traffic that insists on leaving a massive gap between them and parked cars, thereby making it a stop-and-let-pass affair.
It seems like they need 3x the clearance for stationary obstacles than they do for a moving one. They're typically the people that also Will. Not. Yield.
London is rife with it. Gets right up my nose.
Time has come to buy a ratty old Volvo v70.
Edited by 993kimbo on Monday 18th November 19:39
McFast food restaurant this morning. Asked for food and...
"Could I have a coffee in a non-festive cup please?"
"Sorry no".
"I'll have orange juice instead then. Thanks".
"Wow! Really? Why?"
"It's November".
I'm not a very festive person, never have been. I think the Bible is a work of fiction and Christmas is therefore a pointless faff for Jones's to pish on each overs doorsteps. But I understand and appreciate that businesses need to sell crap to mugs. Those who sell decorations and other landfill need to have displays and so on in advance. Businesses who sell food and coffee however really don't need to get festive until; I don't know...
THE FESTIVE SEASON!!!
...I can't be the only one who thinks premature festivity is a bit crap.
"Could I have a coffee in a non-festive cup please?"
"Sorry no".
"I'll have orange juice instead then. Thanks".
"Wow! Really? Why?"
"It's November".
I'm not a very festive person, never have been. I think the Bible is a work of fiction and Christmas is therefore a pointless faff for Jones's to pish on each overs doorsteps. But I understand and appreciate that businesses need to sell crap to mugs. Those who sell decorations and other landfill need to have displays and so on in advance. Businesses who sell food and coffee however really don't need to get festive until; I don't know...
THE FESTIVE SEASON!!!
...I can't be the only one who thinks premature festivity is a bit crap.
Liquid Knight said:
McFast food restaurant this morning. Asked for food and...
"Could I have a coffee in a non-festive cup please?"
"Sorry no".
"I'll have orange juice instead then. Thanks".
"Wow! Really? Why?"
"It's November".
I'm not a very festive person, never have been. I think the Bible is a work of fiction and Christmas is therefore a pointless faff for Jones's to pish on each overs doorsteps. But I understand and appreciate that businesses need to sell crap to mugs. Those who sell decorations and other landfill need to have displays and so on in advance. Businesses who sell food and coffee however really don't need to get festive until; I don't know...
THE FESTIVE SEASON!!!
...I can't be the only one who thinks premature festivity is a bit crap.
Things that didn’t happen #627848937"Could I have a coffee in a non-festive cup please?"
"Sorry no".
"I'll have orange juice instead then. Thanks".
"Wow! Really? Why?"
"It's November".
I'm not a very festive person, never have been. I think the Bible is a work of fiction and Christmas is therefore a pointless faff for Jones's to pish on each overs doorsteps. But I understand and appreciate that businesses need to sell crap to mugs. Those who sell decorations and other landfill need to have displays and so on in advance. Businesses who sell food and coffee however really don't need to get festive until; I don't know...
THE FESTIVE SEASON!!!
...I can't be the only one who thinks premature festivity is a bit crap.
Or at least I hope they didn’t.
GOATever said:
I had an example of one of my absolute favourites this morning. I was riding my bike to work, at about 5 o’ clock this morning, and I wasn’t really going to be ‘pressing on’ as much as I might do, if it wasn’t dark, and cold, and the road was damp, but I wasn’t exactly plodding either. I could see and hear a car approaching from behind, and he gave me plenty of room as he overtook. I usually back off a bit when a car is coming past, as this gets the overtake done more quickly, it’s better for me, it’s better for the motorist. Anyway, some absolute wkpuffin on a bike, who had been wheel sucking me ( which is bad enough in its own right ) decided that was a great time to pass me, ( as the car was overtaking ) he got himself between me and the overtaking car, struggled past, instantly ‘blew up’ ( not literally, unfortunately) then basically got in my way, as I re passed him. So, ‘knobbish’ thing number one, wheel sucking, and not making it clear he was there, knobbish thing 2, trying ( and failing) to be a hero, just as a bloody car was trying to overtake, Knobbish thing 3, being a muppet, when he blew up, and weaving around trying to force me wide. It didn’t work, it was never going to work, he became a distant memory fairly quickly. I don’t care if people want to pass me and crack on, as long as they do it in a manner which doesn’t put me in mortal danger, and that they then actually crack on . And breathe.
I had some idiot weave when I tried to pass him - he literally went onto the other side of the road to block my overtake (as, being considerate, I was giving plenty of space). Well, he looked really silly when we hit the hill immediately afterwards, and I opened up the 1000W sprint!!kpuffin on a bike, who had been wheel sucking me ( which is bad enough in its own right ) decided that was a great time to pass me, ( as the car was overtaking ) he got himself between me and the overtaking car, struggled past, instantly ‘blew up’ ( not literally, unfortunately) then basically got in my way, as I re passed him. So, ‘knobbish’ thing number one, wheel sucking, and not making it clear he was there, knobbish thing 2, trying ( and failing) to be a hero, just as a bloody car was trying to overtake, Knobbish thing 3, being a muppet, when he blew up, and weaving around trying to force me wide. It didn’t work, it was never going to work, he became a distant memory fairly quickly. I don’t care if people want to pass me and crack on, as long as they do it in a manner which doesn’t put me in mortal danger, and that they then actually crack on . And breathe.InitialDave said:
Friend wants to buy a property. Asking price was reasonable, so he told them he was happy to offer the asking price.
Gets a call the next day from the seller's solicitor to say "they'd be happier if he could offer a little more".
He kept his calm and politely said no. I might well have told them the offer now was £5-10k less.
Sellers are throbbers. Of course they'd be happier with more, who wouldn't? But if they wanted more they should have asked for more. Gets a call the next day from the seller's solicitor to say "they'd be happier if he could offer a little more".
He kept his calm and politely said no. I might well have told them the offer now was £5-10k less.
Grahamdub said:
The battered old Focus that raced up a bus lane and then cut in front of me, causing me to brake rather heavily. I gave them a beep to express my displeasure and got a raised finger out of their window. At the next set of lights they opened their door and started walking towards me - all 6 stone of junkie looking skank of them. I have to say, I burst out laughing, so she scuttled back to her car. What horrors she was going to inflict on me, I will never know 
Aids/hiv most probably.. Sure this is going to be popular... cyclists and roadworks. 2 traffic controlled and single lane roadworks on my commute;
Knob #1: Deciding to go uphill through the first set, light was green for me and the four other cars behind (it's dark you can see the reflection) because cyclist knob-head crawls up, the person waiting at the lights at the top of the hill was quite right in shouting at your selfish arse. I know they have every right to blah blah but really when its me in those situations I either get on with it or use the path instead of holding up a ton of people.
Knob #2: Again deciding to cycle against the flow of traffic when there was a perfectly surfaced, well used (by cyclists), shared pathway to use, but no cycling against the traffic is a fine thing to do Also the pathway is virtually never used by pedestrians.
To balance it out two car knobs at roundabouts;
BMW 3 series estate: made a mistake and went for a gap that wasn't, I just braked no problem. They tried to accelerate out of the problem by the sound of their engine note - shame a 318d cannot translate any of that noise into movement.
Audi A6, same thing at the next roundabout, was already over the line then when they really shouldn't have, but then decided to dribble out at the last possible moment. Listing dhead if you're going to push in get the fk on with it don't dawdle around. You got a dose of the high beams for being a selfish prick. Anyway again tried to accelerate but not much happened, I thought A6's smallest TDI was the 3 litre?
Knob #1: Deciding to go uphill through the first set, light was green for me and the four other cars behind (it's dark you can see the reflection) because cyclist knob-head crawls up, the person waiting at the lights at the top of the hill was quite right in shouting at your selfish arse. I know they have every right to blah blah but really when its me in those situations I either get on with it or use the path instead of holding up a ton of people.
Knob #2: Again deciding to cycle against the flow of traffic when there was a perfectly surfaced, well used (by cyclists), shared pathway to use, but no cycling against the traffic is a fine thing to do
Also the pathway is virtually never used by pedestrians. To balance it out two car knobs at roundabouts;
BMW 3 series estate: made a mistake and went for a gap that wasn't, I just braked no problem. They tried to accelerate out of the problem by the sound of their engine note - shame a 318d cannot translate any of that noise into movement.
Audi A6, same thing at the next roundabout, was already over the line then when they really shouldn't have, but then decided to dribble out at the last possible moment. Listing d
head if you're going to push in get the fk on with it don't dawdle around. You got a dose of the high beams for being a selfish prick. Anyway again tried to accelerate but not much happened, I thought A6's smallest TDI was the 3 litre? I took the car to work this morning. It was dark, very frosty, about -3 degrees C, there was freezing fog, and ( obvious ) ice on the road. Cue the stspangled wktard in a bloody mini MPV thing, who was driving about an inch from my rear bumper, in the 30 zone ( I was doing 30 )pulling out and flooring it ( to not much avail really ) on a blind bend, approaching a stretch which I know has got a set of traffic lights at the end of it. You guessed it, having done that, I cleared the bend to see the idiot stopped at the lights in front of me .
tspangled wktard in a bloody mini MPV thing, who was driving about an inch from my rear bumper, in the 30 zone ( I was doing 30 )pulling out and flooring it ( to not much avail really ) on a blind bend, approaching a stretch which I know has got a set of traffic lights at the end of it. You guessed it, having done that, I cleared the bend to see the idiot stopped at the lights in front of me .TommoAE86 said:
BMW 3 series estate: made a mistake and went for a gap that wasn't, I just braked no problem. They tried to accelerate out of the problem by the sound of their engine note - shame a 318d cannot translate any of that noise into movement.
Audi A6, same thing at the next roundabout, was already over the line then when they really shouldn't have, but then decided to dribble out at the last possible moment. Listing dhead if you're going to push in get the fk on with it don't dawdle around. You got a dose of the high beams for being a selfish prick. Anyway again tried to accelerate but not much happened, I thought A6's smallest TDI was the 3 litre?
Not lack of power, but that classic turbo diesel lag that always makes roundabouts such a hazard. You let the revs drop, go to pull away and off boost nothing happens! Its why I'm happy to have ditched my TDI and to be back in an old school n/a petrol engine car now, with instant response and no such worries....Audi A6, same thing at the next roundabout, was already over the line then when they really shouldn't have, but then decided to dribble out at the last possible moment. Listing d
head if you're going to push in get the fk on with it don't dawdle around. You got a dose of the high beams for being a selfish prick. Anyway again tried to accelerate but not much happened, I thought A6's smallest TDI was the 3 litre? Edited by greenarrow on Tuesday 19th November 08:36
The cyclist that I stumbled upon this morning, in the dark, on a dark country road with no lights and the only reflective articles being those tiny little reflectors fitted to the bike as standard. Thankfully I'd clocked him far enough back (very much a case of 'what the hell is that?' at the tiny little red dot) to slow down as the combination of lights of an oncoming van and the undulation of the road meant he suddenly became invisible.
His riding was fine, just the complete lack of awareness about his visibility.
His riding was fine, just the complete lack of awareness about his visibility.
Liquid Knight said:
McFast food restaurant this morning. Asked for food and...
"Could I have a coffee in a non-festive cup please?"
"Sorry no".
"I'll have orange juice instead then. Thanks".
"Wow! Really? Why?"
"It's November".
I'm not a very festive person, never have been. I think the Bible is a work of fiction and Christmas is therefore a pointless faff for Jones's to pish on each overs doorsteps. But I understand and appreciate that businesses need to sell crap to mugs. Those who sell decorations and other landfill need to have displays and so on in advance. Businesses who sell food and coffee however really don't need to get festive until; I don't know...
THE FESTIVE SEASON!!!
...I can't be the only one who thinks premature festivity is a bit crap.
Running a retail shop i can confirm that many start thinking about Christmas as soon as the kids return to school in early September. But that doesn't beat the charity shops whose festive seasion starts with the displaying of christmas cards in July / August."Could I have a coffee in a non-festive cup please?"
"Sorry no".
"I'll have orange juice instead then. Thanks".
"Wow! Really? Why?"
"It's November".
I'm not a very festive person, never have been. I think the Bible is a work of fiction and Christmas is therefore a pointless faff for Jones's to pish on each overs doorsteps. But I understand and appreciate that businesses need to sell crap to mugs. Those who sell decorations and other landfill need to have displays and so on in advance. Businesses who sell food and coffee however really don't need to get festive until; I don't know...
THE FESTIVE SEASON!!!
...I can't be the only one who thinks premature festivity is a bit crap.
alpha channel said:
The cyclist that I stumbled upon this morning, in the dark, on a dark country road with no lights and the only reflective articles being those tiny little reflectors fitted to the bike as standard. Thankfully I'd clocked him far enough back (very much a case of 'what the hell is that?' at the tiny little red dot) to slow down as the combination of lights of an oncoming van and the undulation of the road meant he suddenly became invisible.
His riding was fine, just the complete lack of awareness about his visibility.
Yes. Passed a cyclist, oncoming, yesterday. Duskish / early darkness. He was totally black, clothing, helmet and bike. No lights of course. Under that helmet sits a cabbage.His riding was fine, just the complete lack of awareness about his visibility.
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